a 2018 rutgers university study showed that negative media portrayals, which foster fear of black men, were a significant factor in a five times higher rate of unarmed black men being shot by police than unarmed white men. that fear has justified not only excessive force, but also claims of self-defense. i think a lot of it has to do with, when you see us on mainstream media, we re dehumanized. and so, when antoine gets killed, it s like, oh, that s a young black dude. you know how it goes. a black 17-year-old named antoine rose is shot and killed by a police officer, michael rosfeld. blood been fired from his previous post for misconduct. antoine s community focused on the fact that he volunteered, was an honor roll student, and had never been in trouble with the law. while many outside his community focused on a drive-by shooting he was allegedly involved in. his community finds it hard to focus on that, since the officer shot antoine in the back as he was running away.
that s the final scene from the episode. were those people real klansmen? oh, yeah. that s not the chappelle show. yeah. those are yeah. i should say, this is not a sketch. i knew the klan existed. but hearing them really say those things i had to laugh, because i m like, wow, like, they really believe this. they ve got god and kentucky on the same level. yes, yes. got and kentucky. like what? i feel like klan imagery is a little bit maybe older. i feel like maybe our generation relates it to a little bit more. did your generation have that same fear? i m not scared if i go down south that i m going to get lynched anymore. i m more scared when i go outside the house. like, am i going to get shot by a police officer? what nicholas just said right there is the whole show. it s easy to focus on the kkk, but you can avoid the kkk. but the police? you re going to eventually have to deal with the police.
Attorneys for the government and defense in the criminal case involving the mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue filed a joint motion this week to submit their proposed jury questionnaire under seal. The motion was docketed at 11:13 a.m. Monday. The judge granted the request less than six hours